Atotech Reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(164 total reviews)
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John TC Lee

72% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Atotech has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atotech employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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164 reviews
1.0
23 Apr 2019

Unprofessional, unstructured, uncultured Top Management

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Pros

Total had run and managed Atotech for decades and made this Company as a leading chemical company worldwide. The approach they had towards the organisation made the management of Atotech to do excel. However, every good thing must have to face horrible times as well and there Carlyle came into picture in 2017. Carlyle made this organisation as a place where everyone is afraid, bunch of two or three people came from Carlyle Cos. who are treating themselves as supremo of Atotech slowly and gradually ruined the entire work atmosphere of world-wide operations. Everywhere around the world, employees were started to be treated with dishonesty and unprofessional manner, lead to a situation where no employee is happy working with Atotech. Barely one or two, which are (1) safety - promote safety as a key element though only on paper; in reality, they compromise with everything; (2) compliance - another big thing on paper but the reality behind is to be compliant for the name shake; upper management do dirty politics and hardly bothered about the essence of compliance.

Cons

No care and respect of Employees: People are ill-mannered treated. Only promises are given just to make the required work done. Dirty Polictics by the upper management and global management: Effectively there is no management, rather the said supremos are taking decisions on everything. Funniest part, whatever (mostly wrong) they are doing since day one is considered right for Atotech and even Carlyle supports it but even the right things done by any honest employee is subject matter of question, investigation and harassment. Cunning HR and HR Practices: They take 30-40% of your hard earned money when you leave from the company even though there is no policy, they make false document just to avoid payment to you. Multiple court cases are filed against them with multiple courts. No work life balance: If you are and performer, this place is not for you because of two reasons - (1) if you perform, you will be assigned work of another 10 non-performer; (2) after this, you will be questioned, why have you done all works at your own. So, basically, your integrity and honesty will be at stake if you do work for them. No Carreer growth: This organisation is a place where reward and appraisal are only for those who are good in greasiness to those supremo. Flattery action will give you reward, if you're not good in this, don't expect much about your carrer growth. Equal treatment of performer with non-performer: irrelevant of your performance, work ethics and values, you will always be standing at par with those who donot perform. No job assurance: Employees of Jet Airways may be considered as more secure even after this financial crisis compare to employees of Atotech becuase of their approach. Sales are constantly decreasing because of unwanted and unplanned experiments.

1.0
13 Apr 2018
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Pros

Atotech used to be a very reputed place to work during the time of 'Total'. Nothing as of now after acquisition of Atotech by Carlyle in 2017. Nil pros as on date. People from Carlyle has made it a nightmare. There might be some international exposure alongwith travel based upon your job profile (discretionary on management). Importance on SAFETY & COMPLIANCE. Job Training and skills development sessions.

Cons

Exploitation in terms of work and recognition; poor management, person driven, no policies; most unorganized working culture; Extreme internal politics and gossips; no work life balance; manpower crunches; partiality and political working culture; lack of leadership at all levels, dictatorship kind of work; unprofessional & poorly managed; respectless, dishonest and cunning management; Lack of job assurance; most unstructured, lack of professional employees; worst salary; biased working style; Globally unstable organisation; Zero autonomy to work; Completely undisciplined company; Slow career growth. Too many bonds and restrictions on further employment.

1.0
13 Oct 2018
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Pros

Less work pressure Good exposure into R&D of chemicals

Cons

1. Risking your health as one has to deal with carcenogenic chemicals and company doesn’t care much of its employees 2. Pay is way less than the market standards. 3. Lot of office politics 4 . The onshore doesn’t value you much

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Atotech Response
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We take employee feedback very seriously. Safety is deeply embedded in our organization’s culture and we pay close attention to the smallest details in order to avoid any unforeseen incidents, as well as to create a safe working environment for our staff and customers. We always appreciate the opportunity of entering a direct discourse with our employees. All employees who feel their expectations are not met can always approach their line-manager, any trusted contact persons from their department or the employee representatives. Besides these, they are invited to turn to our colleagues from HR who are always available for any work-related concerns. Kind regards Susanne Richter
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